EQ inspirations from Dungeons and Dragons

EverQuest Inspired By D&D Campaign

everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html

Better known in the community as Vhalen, one of his characters from his childhood D&D campaign was Lucan D'Lere himself. What's more, many locations from the world we call Norrath, was directly inspired by that same campaign.

We sat down to talk with Tony "Vhalen" Garcia about his work on EverQuest, EverQuest II and all the things in between. Join us as we explore the unknown inspiration, of the world of EverQuest.

...

ZAM : Do you have any funny stories about how characters, locations and events from the D&D campaigns bleed into the EQ/EQ2 lore?

Tony : Off hand, I can't think of anything amusing, but there is one thing that always makes me happy when I see it in the EQ universe. That one thing is Sir Lucan of Freeport.

That was my greatest D&D character rolled one night over a table filled with dice, maps, dungeon screens and Thirsty Two Ouncers from the local mini-mart. It is amazing to see how that one character has been immortalized. Imagine… your old D&D character gracing video game boxes, ads and even voiced by the great Christopher Lee! I never would have dreamed of such a thing way back when he was created. Amazing!

ZAM : What significance did characters like Mayong and Lucan have in the campaign? Additionally, what were some of the locations inspired from the campaign?

Tony : Mayong and Sir Lucan were in the same adventuring party. Great friends with a tragic ending! Along with Zazoo of the Sunless Sea, they were the longest lived characters and the focal point of an ever changing cast of NPCs.